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ea0021p297 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009

Should we take macroprolactinoma patients off dopamine agonists at 3 or 5 years as they almost invariably recur?

Scott Rebecca , Barber Thomas , Kenkre Julia , Garnet Catherine , Wass John

Objective: Our objective was to examine recurrence of hyperprolactinaemia following discontinuation of dopamine agonist (DA) therapy in patients with macroprolactinoma who have had treatment for 3–15 years.Methods: We identified retrospectively adult patients (n=15) attending OCDEM (Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK) with a confirmed diagnosis of macroprolactinoma (established during the last 25 years), who had been treated with DA therapy for a...